WASHINGTON (AP) —President Trump is threatening to sue comedian Trevor Noah after the Grammy host mocked Trump during Sunday’s show.
After the song of the year presentation, Noah said, “That is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, which makes sense because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton.”
Trump answered Monday on Truth Social, calling it “false and defamatory” to suggest he visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island. Trump, Clinton and other powerful men are in headlines after another release of the U.S. government’s files on Epstein.
The president called Noah a “poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C.” and referenced his previous lawsuits against ABC and CBS. Those yielded settlement payments that will go to Trump’s future presidential library.
“Get ready Noah, I’m going to have some fun with you!” Trump wrote.
Noah's Epstein Island joke was not his only dig at President Trump during the Grammy Awards.
Noah joked that the Grammy Awards were coming to viewers “completely live” because “if we edited any of the show, the president would sue CBS for $16 billion.”
It’s a not-so-subtle reference to Trump’s uneasy history with CBS News. He won a $16 million settlement last summer from Paramount over a “60 Minutes” interview that he claimed was edited deceptively for Kamala Harris’ benefit. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt more recently reportedly told new “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil that they would “sue your ass off” if his 13-minute interview with the president was cut in any way.